The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.